RTE Act may open floodgates to school fee hike

TIMES NEWS NETWORK Hyderabad: City parents have lost their battle against fee hike in private schools, and they have the Right to Education Act to blame for it. While the Act bans capitation fee, it gives schools the liberty to charge under other heads such as tuition fee. Worse, Union HRD minister had clarified before [...]

చెదిరిన చేనేతల గూడు

రాజోళిలో ఇప్పుడు మగ్గాల శబ్దాలు ఆగిపోయాయి. నేతన్నల హృదయాలు పగిలిపోయాయి. ప్రపంచానికి బట్టలందించే నేతన్నలు నేడు దాతలందించిన పాత బట్టలు మూటల్లో వెతుక్కొని కొలతలు చేసుకొని వేసుకుంటున్నారు. ఎవరేమైనా బయటి నుంచి ఏదైనా ఇస్తారేమోనని రచ్చకట్ట దగ్గర వచ్చిపోయే వాహనాల వెంబడి ఆశగా ఎదురు చూస్తూ రోజులు గడుపుతున్నారు. పాలమూరు జిల్లాలో చేనేతకు పెట్టింది పేరు గద్వాల చీరలు, అలాగే నారాయణపేట చీరలు. ఈ రెండు ప్రాంతాలకు జిల్లాలోని ఇతర ప్రాంతాలలో దాదాపు 50 కిలోమీటర్ల పరిధిలో [...]

Floods may trigger school dropouts

BYE, BYE SCHOOL? Schools Still In Badly Damaged State, Say NGOs The recent floods may trigger huge school dropouts particularly among poorer sections as 484 schools have suffered severe damage affecting 82,000 students in Kurnool, Mahbubnagar and Krishna districts. The students have lost books, uniforms, records, certificates and everything connected to their studies, according to [...]

INSPIRATION COMES FROM ACTIONS

The single most capable resource that any country has is its people. Volunteerism is about mobilizing that strength Not everyone needs to be a Mother Teresa to make a difference. But everyone has knowledge to share, and anyone can inspire others to learn. What is volunteerism? First it is crucial to understand what volunteerism is [...]

Students conduct social audit

Exercise meant to make the delivery system more accountable  Staff Reporter HYDERABAD: What makes the post-matric students’ scholarships roost for almost a year before they reach the beneficiaries while all government employees get paid immediately on the next day of the budget? The question by Principal Secretary of Social Welfare V. Nagi Reddy was not [...]

Pilot project on BC scholarship audit

Sonia Krishna|TNN Hyderabad: A long spiral staircase leads to a classroom tucked away from the hustlebustle of the college in the basement of the building. While students of their age are seen hanging about in the campus, young girls in this class seem to be concentrating on a more important issue: an audit to check [...]

College girls conduct social audit

Stakeholders of BC welfare schemes involved in the exercise HYDERABAD: A group of young girls from Sri Sarada Degree College for Women, Ameerpet have conducted a social audit on the process of issuing post-matric scholarships and reimbursement of tuition fee, of B.C. Welfare Department for 141 students of Maharishi Veda Vignana Mahavidyalaya Junior College, Begumpet. [...]

SPARK THE CURIOSITY

SCHOOLS ARE GEARING UP TO INCULCATE AN INTEREST IN SUBJECTS LIKE SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS,WHICH HAS BEEN ON A DECLINE IN RECENT YEARS,REPORTS SAKSHI KHATTAR    The National Knowledge Commission believes there is a growing tendency among talented students to pursue studies in areas other than mathematics and basic sciences. But, why is it so? According to [...]

CAGED SCHOOLS

Your child just lost his last chance to play kho-kho and kabbadi with friends as playgrounds in private schools are no longer a strict condition that school owners have to comply with. Instead, they can now have an indoor game facility or can simply tie-up with a neighbouring municipal park and herd students there each [...]

గురిలేని గురువులు

గురిలేని గురువులు పదిహేడు శాతం మందికి ఇతర వ్యాపకాలు పాఠాలు చెప్పరు నోటు పుస్తకాలు దిద్దరు ప్రగతి పత్రాలు ఇవ్వరు ఏడో తరగతి విద్యార్థులకు భాగాహారాలు రావు చదవడం, రాయడంలోనూ తప్పులే రాజీవ్‌ విద్యా మిషన్‌ సర్వేలో వెల్లడి హైదరాబాద్‌ – న్యూస్‌టుడే